PHIL 3160 – Philosophy of Happiness

What is it, how can we best pursue it, why should we? Supporting the study of these and related questions at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond. "Examining the concept of human happiness and its application in everyday living as discussed since antiquity by philosophers, psychologists, writers, spiritual leaders, and contributors to pop culture."

Sunday, March 24, 2024

WELLBYs

…You can measure wellbeing by simply asking people to report their wellbeing, for example, by asking, "How happy are you?" on a scale of 0-10.

We use WELLBYs as our metric of choice. WELLBY is an acronym for wellbeing-adjusted life year, where a WELLBY is a one-point change in life satisfaction on a 0-10 point scale for one person over one year.1 Essentially, it is the wellbeing equivalent of the DALY (disability-adjusted life year) or QALY (quality-adjusted life-year), which are traditional measures of health outcomes…

https://open.substack.com/pub/jeffstreeter/p/can-we-make-the-world-a-happier-place?r=35ogp&utm_medium=ios
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